Disgraced pastor releases new book — and Allie Beth Stuckey has serious questions

In September 2024, prominent Reformed preacher Steven J. Lawson was removed from Trinity Bible Church of Dallas and from roles within several different ministries after it was revealed that he had an inappropriate extramarital relationship with a woman in her 20s.

While the exact nature of the relationship was never fully explicated, the scandal was enough to “rock the Reformed world,” says BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey, who covered the incident when it first happened.

For a while, Lawson stayed out of the public eye, but he’s recently re-entered with a new book. “Mercy in the Wilderness: How I Fell & What I Found,” which dropped quietly in September, recounts the hidden sin and adulterous relationship that collapsed his ministry in 2024 and frames the aftermath as